. Insurance takeup is found to be decreasing in basis risk between insurance payouts and income fluctuations, increasing in … takeup decisions, and risk-averse households are found to be less, not more, likely to purchase insurance. We suggest that …

-specific factors that depend on the attitudes to risk, the consumption smoothing parameters, and the household-specific exposures to … income risks. The author applies the theoretical framework for Ghana, using the Ghana Living Standards Survey data to specify …, as well as their risk and consumption smoothing behavior …

fertilizer and improved seed use, yields, and risk coping, but not local job creation, for some crops, most notably maize. Most …

Almost a decade after large land-based investment for agriculture increased sharply, opinions on its impact continue to …

emerged in recent years to address these threats: the use of seasonal precipitation forecasts for risk reduction (for example … instruments for risk sharing (for example, index-based weather insurance bundled to microcredit for agricultural inputs). So far …

dataset on the productivity in agriculture substantially changes the conclusions compared to earlier analysis of the same … dataset on the productivity in agriculture substantially changes the conclusions compared to earlier analysis of the same …